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A RIDE BEYOND THE CLOUDS

ENJOYING THE GLORIOUS VIEW OF THE PEAKS SURROUNDING SAPPADA
 AS SOON AS THE CLOUDS LEAVE!
                       
Running faster than the changing weather to enjoy the hairpin bends

East Northern Italy (Regions: Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto)
[Counties of Udine and Belluno]

16.08.2020

A ROADTRIP OF 120 MILES TO TOUCH THE SKY BEYOND THE CLOUDS

It's a perfect day to take my motorcycle and I decide to go direction North-West relatively to my hometown, and to arrive to the majestic mountains that mark the borderline between two Italian regions Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto. My double aim is 1) to visit the town of Sappada, reachable through a majestic serpentine and 2) to ride in spite of the threatening clouds, that could announce a thunderstorm!

Enjoy the pictures...

FIRST STOPOVER: BREAKFAST AT SOT LA MONT 'S IN CARNIA (NEAR THE TOWN OF VENZONE):
THE NAME OF THIS BAR IS IN THE LOCAL DIALECT, AND MEANS UNDER THE MOUNTAIN

  

IN THE NICE TOWN OF RAVASCLETTO, KNOW AS A TOURISTIC LOCATION FOR WINTER SPORTS




RIGOLATO IS CALLED "THE FLOURISHED TOWN"

THE ENTRANCE TO THE RIVER'S PUB, A COOL "WATERING HOLE" DEDICATED TO BIKERS
IT'S LOCATED NEAR THE DEGANO CREEK, NEAR THE TOWN OF COMEGLIANS


ON MY WAY BACK HOME, I DECIDED TO STOP BY THE BRIDGE OVER THE DEGANO CREEK 
NEAR THE RIVER'S PUB, PREVIOUSLY VISITED, JUST FOR A SELF SHOT IN THE SUN!
 


CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON WHILE I STARTED TO CLIMB THE PANORAMIC ROAD SR 355 AFTER THE TOWN OF FORNI AVOLTRI 

MIDDLE WAY SOME DROPLETS OF RAIN WERE FALLING
WHILE I STOPPED TO HAVE A LOOK FROM THE DISTANCE
OF THE MOUNTAIN "CRESTA DI ENGHE" (7.919 feet height)
 





FINALLY, I WAS ON THE SERPENTINE UP TO THE TOWN OF SAPPADA 
AND THE CLOUDS BEGAN TO DISSIPATE. 
WHEN I REACHED THE TOP, THE SUN WAS SHINING ON A BLUE BLUE SKY!




RIDING BEYOND SAPPADA INTO THE TERRITORY OF THE REGION CALLED VENETO.




CLIMBING DOWN FROM SAPPADA, IN A COMPLETELY SUNNY SERPENTINE NOW





ON MY WAY BACK, I MADE A DETOUR TO VISIT THE WELLSPRING OF WATER
 MARKETED AS "GOCCIA DI CARNIA" IN PIERABECH NEAR THE TOWN OF FORNI AVOLTRI


GETTING NEAR TO MY HOME, ALONG THE  ROAD SR512


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